AI Deployment Engineer - Codex
Used Tools & Technologies
Not specified
Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 β basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 β daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 β you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 β exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Security @ 3
Software Development @ 3
Leadership @ 3
Communication @ 6
Codex @ 3
AI @ 3
- 1-2 β basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 β daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 β you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 β exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
About the team
The Codex Deployment Engineering team helps customers adopt OpenAI's coding tools throughout their software development lifecycle. The team acts as trusted technical partners, guiding engineering teams as they integrate Codex into their projects and workflows. Customers span digital-native companies to global enterprises.
About the Role
You will partner directly with engineering leaders and hands-on builders to design, validate, and scale advanced AI workflows, often using Codex to prototype and build demos, integrations, and automations customers adopt. The role blends technical architecture, product strategy, and customer-facing leadership. You will work closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Product, Applied Engineering, and the broader Codex organization to advocate for customer needs, shape product direction, and accelerate deployment of intelligent coding systems.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical subject matter expert on OpenAI Codex for a portfolio of customers, embedding deeply with them to enable their engineering teams and build coding workflows.
- Partner with customers to design and implement AI-enhanced development workflows, from rapid prototyping through scalable production rollout.
- Build high-quality demos, reference implementations, and workflow automations, using Codex as part of the development process.
- Lead large-format workshops, technical deep dives, and hands-on enablement sessions to help engineering organizations adopt AI coding tools effectively and safely.
- Contribute technical content (examples, guides, patterns, best practices) to the OpenAI Cookbook to help the broader developer community.
- Gather high-fidelity product insights from real customer deployments and translate them into product proposals and model feedback.
- Influence customer strategy and decision-making by framing how AI coding tools fit into SDLC, technical roadmaps, and organizational workflows.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on solution architecture, operational readiness, model configuration, security considerations, and best-practice adoption.
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical consulting, post-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or similar experience working directly with customers.
- Active power user of AI coding tools and deeply customized personal developer workflows; strong opinions on developer productivity.
- Experience building scrappy, high-signal demos, integrations, and prototypes (often using Codex to accelerate development).
- Experience delivering large, high-impact workshops or technical training to engineering teams; able to craft engaging, hands-on, outcomes-driven sessions.
- History of contributing technical guides, patterns, or examples publicly; care about clarity, pedagogy, and community impact.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts and helping customers make strategic AI decisions.
- Comfort working in ambiguous, rapidly evolving problem spaces and iterating with customers toward novel solutions.
- Concern for customer success, reliability, safety, and operational excellence alongside technical ingenuity.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on ensuring general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company emphasizes safety, diverse perspectives, and equal employment opportunity. Background checks will be administered in accordance with applicable law. OpenAI provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks birth parents, 20 weeks non-birthing), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks).
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees.
- 13+ paid company holidays and periodic company office closures, plus paid sick or safe time as required by law.
- Mental health and wellness support; employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
- Annual learning and development stipend.
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible.
- Relocation support for eligible employees.
- Additional taxable fringe benefits (charitable donation matching, wellness stipends) and equity/bonus opportunities.